Friday, 30 December 2011

I'm so loving my change of style with cards at the moment, it's such a refreshing change from the Christmas marathon of the last few months. So it's another Bugaboo - this time in zingy colours for a New Home card.

Now I don't know if you can see from my pic, but I've even glazed the windows! Daft I know, but I thought it looked quite good!

Thursday, 29 December 2011

Why is it was say such daft things? After the masses of Christmas crafty goodies I got this year, I foolishly said I'd not need to buy another stamp next year...then Bugaboo happened!

Better than that, there stamps are half price till the end of the year, so I'm sad to say, my New Years resolution didn't even make it to New Year!!! (Then again if I purchase in their sale before New Year I can maybe start the resolution for real then?)

So, my card, simple design again using another great Bugaboo digi, this time coloured, glossed & glittered & finished with a simple ribbon & charm.

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Now I'm not normally a digi stamp person, but I've recently discovered Bugaboo Stamps and I have to say, I LOVE THEM! They are quite different to any of my other stamp collections, and the captions which accompany the stamps really appeal to my sense of humour, so I feel we are heading into a Bugaboo phase!

This card uses Gus, simply coloured and displayed - the images say it all as far as I'm concerned, so the card is clean & simple.

Monday, 26 December 2011

I can't believe I'm making another Christmas card already, but in my defence, I was tidying up my craft table & this one was already stamped & coloured. There were also lots of golden paper off cuts just waiting to be sized & stuck on a card, so this is really me tidying my desk - not making a card!

This one is for the CCWS challenge, which I only stumbled upon this month. I liked the sketch I did then & I loved the sketch this time around so I thought I'd give it a go.

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas - we did at my sisters house with all her family. Lots of fun was had by all & I've now given my nieces there very own stamping stuff (haven't I girls!) so in a few weeks I may be displaying some of their lovely works too! Jx

Friday, 23 December 2011

With that in mind, this is my final post this side of Christmas, and I thought I'd make it a Christmas card for all my Blog Followers & friends.

"Merry Christmas Bloggers!"

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, & Best Wishes for 2012. Thanks also to everyone who's sent me a lovely hand made card this year. You know who you are, so thanks heaps & I have them all displayed on a special table all to themselves!

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Another new stamp from my goodie box, this one isn't named but it's by Heritage Rubber Stamp Co. I've coloured it with Promarkers and combined it with a white embossed background and a red ribbon with pearl heart buckle.

Monday, 19 December 2011

Having already entered the Less is More Challenge this week with a slightly busy card, I've had another go using the same music stamp & a dance stamp...& that's it! Too bare or what, I'm undecided!

As for the stamps, well the notes is by Personal Impressions, but the dancers are of unknown origin - they are off a clear set in my goodie boxes. Now on the subject of said boxes, (see earlier post!), I've had a thought...Has Craig played a blinder - he has got me so many new stamps, I will have difficulty justifying more stamp purchases this coming year - what a sly dog he is!!! Jx

Santa made an early appearance in our house yesterday - with 3 boxes of Christmas crafty goodies all for me! Craig saw an advert in the local paper for 2nd hand crafty bits and stamps being sold for £50. As soon as he walked in to the seller's house he thought, yup, Janice would love this...& I sure do... look what I got!

There are so many great stamps, loads of inks and embossing powders, I really don't know where to begin! This has got to be my/his best crafty buy for the year & is defo my Christmas sorted - he gave me them early cause we are out at my sis's on Christmas day & he said he knew if I only got them then I wouldn't want to leave them...sad but true!

Finally, the snow is back...again!

I'll try and be back later with a card using the first of my many new stamps - and that's the thing, many items are unopened or un-inked - I can't believe it - thanks Craig, Jx

Anyway back to my day then my card. Freezing here.,was -4 oC this morning and I don't think it's lifted much above freezing all day. Been to my gym class this morning, then back out at lunch time to run a local rhyme time group for toddlers at the library. I'm now back home, car in garage, central heating on & looking forward to some crafting!

My first offering is for Holly next door who has a birthday and Christmas both next week. So I've done her her 18th Birthday card, & how for her Christmas wallet, (driving lesson's included.)

For some reason I had great difficulty photographing this card as the CD showed a great reflection of either the velox window or my hand depending on the angle of the shot - I went with the window one!

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Already we are on the last challenge of the year at An Oldie But a Goodie, and hasn't the year flown by. I only joined the DT in Nov, but I've been doing this challenge throughout the year along with many of you great followers.

So, the final Challenge, set by Tracy is,

Christmas Animals

And the prize this time around is;

Now, if you're anything like me, there will have been a flurry of Christmas cards over the last few weeks, so you'll kinda be looking for a change. If that's the case, why not use the theme in a different way, think gifts or table decorations, candles or gift holders - the choice is yours , as long as you use a stamp older than 6 months & remember, no digi's allowed. Obviously however, cards are still very welcome, if you still have a few to make. This challenge will also run for a month as we are all so busy at this time of year, so hopefully you'll all have time to enter.

So, I decided to put Christmas images into photo coasters I bought last year - simple idea & a start to decorating my Christmas table.

The images are Penny Blacks all coloured by Promarkers. So that's what I did, now hop over to the Oldie But Goodie blog to see what the other DT members decided on.

Hopefully that gives you all the inspiration you need to join us in our final challenge of 2011.

Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Well since the weekend we've had snow lying. Nothing more fell yesterday through the day, but there was a dusting more fell last night. It is however very cold, and very icy, so I don't think I'll be going far today.

Now with all that white stuff lying around I had the perfect excuse for my favourite type of card this year, another WoW!

Sunday, 4 December 2011

At the end of every month I do a rhyme time session at the local library, and this month it falls on the librarian's birthday, so I thought I'd make her a card and get all the children to sing her Happy Birthday.

The card itself is made using the Sketch Saturday Sketch & uses a Tatty Ted image so I can also enter it into the CES challenge which is Bear Necessities. (Thanks CES for picking me as last weeks winner!)

Before I go, I thought I'd also share a snowy picture with you - the first for 2011 - we awoke to this...